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A true account of the Aloe Americana or Africana, which is now in blossom in Mr. Cowell's garden at Hoxton; which is upwards of twenty foot high, and has already put forth thirty branches for flowers, all upon one stem, twelve whereof are already fairly opened and blown out As also of two other exotick plants, call'd, the Cereus, or torch-thistle, which have likewise put forth their blossoms in Mr. Cowell's said garden. The like whereof has never been seen in England before.
Cowell, John (Nurseryman)Date: 1729- Pictures
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Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke. Line engraving by J. de Courbes, 1624.
Date: 1624Reference: 7754i- Pictures
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A man covering his mouth with a handkerchief, walking through a smoggy London street. Coloured aquatint.
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Two victims are simultaneously tortured on the rack. Woodcut.
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Athena and Apollo persuade the Eumenides (Erinyes, Furies) to stop persecuting Orestes after he has been acquitted of matricide. Etching by T. Piroli, 1795, after J. Flaxman.
Flaxman, John, 1755-1826.Date: Jan. 12 1795Reference: 2917962i- Pictures
The agony of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane; an angel descends to strengthen him. Engraving by J. Moyreau after L. Carracci (?).
Carracci, Lodovico, 1555-1619.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 2474350i- Pictures
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Two saints are tortured before a platform with a rack. Etching.
E., A., active 1821.Reference: 43392i- Pictures
The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Alberti, 1575, after Rosso Fiorentino.
Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540.Date: [1575]Reference: 2499391i- Pictures
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A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Woodcut by A. Andreani after G. Fortuna, ca. 1588.
Fortuna, Giovanni, 1535-1611.Date: MDLXXXVIII [1588]Reference: 33798i- Pictures
A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Etching by or after G. Fortuna.
Fortuna, Giovanni, 1535-1611.Reference: 33803i- Digital Images
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Relief of Athenian doctors in the form of a shrine: Asklepio
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Clytie abandoned by the sun god is turned into a sunflower. Engraving by G. Duchange after N. Bertin.
Bertin, Nicolas, 1668-1736Date: [not after 1757]Reference: 2500255i- Pictures
The Portland vase: a woman reclining on a rock under a tree, with a seated man on the left and a seated woman on the right, both looking towards the centre. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani, 1786.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785.Date: [1786]Reference: 2975117i- Pictures
The Portland vase: a woman reclining on a rock under a tree, with a seated man on the left and a seated woman on the right, both looking towards the centre. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani, 1786.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785.Date: [1786]Reference: 2975119i- Pictures
The Portland vase: a woman reclining on a rock under a tree, with a seated man on the left and a seated woman on the right, both looking towards the centre. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani, 1786.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785.Date: [1786]Reference: 2975118i- Pictures
Alexander the Great falls in love with Roxana and offers her a crown. Engraving after J. Caraglio after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Date: [between 1500 and 1599]Reference: 2971546i- Pictures
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Two men wearing masks club Hudibras, as Ralphos, removing his mask, and a widow (dressed in black), watch from a doorway. Engraving by William Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: [1768]Reference: 38142iPart of: Hudibras- Pictures
Venus and Adonis. Engraving, 17--.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 2853652i- Pictures
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A cart laden with casualties of the French Revolution of 1848 is driven past The National in Paris passing a lamenting crowd. Lithograph.
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Hymenaeus, god of marriage. Engraving after V. Cartari, 15--.
Cartari, Vincenzo, 1531?-1590.Date: [between 1600 and 1650?]Reference: 2855878i- Pictures
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Joseph of Arimathea watches as Roman soldiers roll a stone in front of Christ's tomb. Mezzotint by I. Jehner, 1794, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: Jan 1. 1794Reference: 674058i- Pictures
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The Christ Child setting alight the believer's heart with the fire of his wounds. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
Wierix, Antonie, -1604.Date: [1600?]Reference: 31774iPart of: Cor Jesu amanti sacrum- Pictures
King Charles I. Engraving by G. Vertue after A. van Dyck.
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641.Date: [between 1730 and 1739]Reference: 2033449i- Pictures
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An angel reading the inscription on the tombstone of William Woollett. Stipple engraving.
Date: 1785Reference: 45223i- Pictures
Sculpture on the choragic monument of Lysicrates, Athens: Dionysus overwhelms a pirate and clubs him. Engraving by J. Basire, 1762.
Stuart, James, 1713-1788.Date: 1762Reference: 2189100i